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Germany's Merkel seen shaking for second time this month
Yahoo Daily News 27 Jun 2019
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel was seen shaking as she met President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Thursday, her second such bout within two weeks, but her spokesman said she was fine ... The spokesman said Merkel would take part later in the swearing-in of the new justice minister ... ....
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Winners and losers from the 1st 2020 Democratic debate
CNN 27 Jun 2019
(CNN)The first debate of the 2020 Democratic nomination fight is in the books!. With 10 candidates onstage, their answers limited to 60 seconds and most of the candidates unwilling to engage one another, the debate was less a debate than a series of one-minute speeches ... (And I'll be doing the same in Thursday's debate!) They're below. WINNERS ... LOSERS ... ....
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Iran still short of nuclear deal's enriched uranium cap
The Times of India 27 Jun 2019
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South Koreans get 5G service in 'scariest place' on North Korea border
Yahoo Daily News 27 Jun 2019
By Ju-min Park. TAESUNG FREEDOM VILLAGE, South Korea (Reuters) - South Korean mobile carrier KT Corp said on Thursday it launched 5G services in one of the world's most heavily armed border zones separating the two Koreas ... President Bill Clinton once called "the scariest place on Earth" ... (Reporting by Ju-min Park; Editing by Darren Schuettler). ....
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Facebook Chief Mark Zuckerberg Says US Government Inaction Allowed Fake News to Spread
Yahoo Daily News 27 Jun 2019
San Francisco, June 27. Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg said Wednesday that a lack of action by US authorities on fake political content on the platform after the 2016 US election helped pave the way for a subsequent avalanche of online disinformation ... "As a private company we don't have the tools to make the Russian government stop... Also Read ... ....
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Venezuela's Maduro Says Authorities Foiled Opposition Coup Plot
Voa News 27 Jun 2019
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Wednesday security forces had foiled an opposition coup attempt that included plans to assassinate him and other top political figures and install a jailed former military officer as president ... "They are captured, behind bars, with clear evidence after following this group of criminals and fascists." ... ....
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Measles Outbreak Hits Dutch Village Where Residents Believe God Forbids Vaccinations
WorldNews.com 27 Jun 2019
At least 10 people have been infected with measles in a Dutch village where many parents have not vaccinated their children due to religious reasons, The Independent reports.Nine children and one adult were diagnosed with the disease in Urk, a Protestant fishing village where ......
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The school where parents pay tuition fees with plastic bottles
CNN 27 Jun 2019
Lagos, Nigeria (CNN)Oriola Oluwaseyi, 32, makes her way through the busy streets of Ajegunle, a low-income community in Nigeria's commercial center, Lagos. The Nigerian mother of four is pushing through people and things in the streets to collect plastic waste bottles from retail stores ... Read More ... Bottles for school fees ... JUST WATCHED ... Replay ... ....
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Castro Brings Fire and Facts, Pummels Beto on Immigration
The Daily Beast 27 Jun 2019
Of the two dozen Democratic presidential candidates seeking the party’s nomination, former cabinet secretary Julián Castro has produced the most detailed platform on how he would shift the course of the nation’s immigration policies if elected ... Rep ... Both Sen ... “It should also piss us all off.” ... border, however ... ....
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Daily Cryptocurrency Bulletin For Thursday, June 27, 2019
WorldNews.com 27 Jun 2019
General NewsBitrue, the Singapore-based crypto exchange, has been hacked for $4.2 million. Users funds are insured and anyone who lost crypto will be refunded, according to the company. 9.3 million XRP and 2.5 million Cardano had been accessed and transferred off its platform ... The buyback programme will last a year....
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Nirav Modi to appear via videolink from prison for UK hearing
The Times of India 27 Jun 2019
LONDON. Fugitve diamantaire Nirav Modi is set to appear via videolink from prison for a routine remand hearing before Westminster Magistrates' Court in London on Thursday ... "The applicant has access to considerable financial resources, supported by an increased (bail bond security) offer of 2 million pounds,” the judge noted ... Top Videos ... ....
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Doctors Warn More Children in Border Patrol Stations Could Die Like Felipe and Jakelin
The Daily Beast 27 Jun 2019
Border detention facilities like those where 8-year-old Guatemalan migrant Felipe Alonzo-Gomez fell fatally ill while detained by Border Patrol are no place for children—healthy or otherwise—top medical experts told The Daily Beast ... border on any given day ... “There’s no amount of detention that has been found to be good for children,” said Dr ... Rep ... ....
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Rodrigo Duterte backflips on Chinese fishing in Philippine waters, insisting exclusive rights will not be waived
South China Morning Post 27 Jun 2019
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Leonardo DiCaprio Laments Acute Water Crisis in Tamil Nadu
Yahoo Daily News 27 Jun 2019
Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio on Wednesday, 26 June expressed concern over the acute water crisis in Tamil Nadu. The 44-year-old actor, who is one of the most vocal environmentalists in Hollywood, shared a post by news outlet BBC on Instagram with the title, "Only rain can save Chennai from this situation" ... ... Read more on PTI by The Quint. ....
